Love Bug Valentines.

While wandering through the craft store a couple weeks ago I happened upon a lot of Valentine's Day merchandise with the term "love bug." Although it was all pretty cheesy and very girly, it inspired this years non-candy version for Owen's 1st grade class. Owen is all boy so the idea of handing out plastic bugs to his classmates thrilled him.

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Someday when I have a house full of boys that I don't know what to do with, I will remember this awesome idea! I'm sure that Owen's friends are going to go "buggy" over these... couldn't resist the pun!

Why in the world did I buy valentines when we could have made these. Who cares, I'm throwing those stupid store bought ones away and using these. THANK YOU for the printable!! I saw this on pinterest and before I even clicked on blog I was trying to image how to draw a jar. THANKS!!!

This is waaaaaaaay cute!! I'd love for you to come link up at TGIF kid oriented linky party - http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/search/label/Linkey%20Parties - I know my readers would love it too!! Have a GREAT weekend,Beth =-)

These are so cute! Thanks for sharing the template. I'll be making one for my son who I've called my love bug since he was born. As corny as it is there are kids cups by Jane and Jenni with it along with a few others. Thanks again!

I purchased the card stock and bugs today to make these. Thank you so much for the free printable!! These are so much cuter than store bought cards and perfect for little boys.

I found bugs that are Phthalate and Lead-Free from our local specialty toy store. Many times dollar-type stores have recalls on their toys. The website for the bugs I purchased is www.safariltd.com . I am in no way affiliated with them, I'm just an overly cautious mom.

Thank you so much for the free download! I am making these for my 2 year old DAUGHTER to hand out to her little friends. She is going through a love of bugs and reptiles right now so she is ecstatic over these! We found cute little "Glitter Bugs" at the dollar store to put on. Thank you again!

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Just finished making 10 of these for my 2yr old son's Valentine's Day party at MMO! It was literally as easy as print, cut, and hot glue! I can already tell, they will be a BIG hit! Thanks for sharing!

How has everyone gotten the bugs to stay on? I couldn't find the this & that stuff. I have tried a different adhesive and double sided tape with no luck. I could use my hot glue gun, but will the kids be able to get the bugs off the paper if they want to play with them?

I linked to this page in my blog. Hope that is ok. I loved using the template to make my son's Valentines for preschool. I used plastic butterflies because the bugs creeped me out some :) Thanks again for sharing. http://www.insightsbyapril.com/2012/02/day-in-life-february-14-2012-simple-but.html

Thanks for the printable! Although I thought these would be perfect for my son.. he's opting for something 'sweeter' this year, but my daughter LOVES them :0) She is three and has a facination with bugs. Happy Valentine's Day!

HI there - thanks so much - I have just printed this off on printable MAGNETIC paper so granny & gam-gam etc will have fridge magnet!!! Loved the fact it is foolproof & simple {for me} but more the fact you are a giver and not a taker ... thanks again xxx

As a teacher, I cringe thinking about the amount of sugar given out on Valentine's Day (and Halloween but that's a different story). This is brilliant!! I'm doing it for my students!! Thanks for the idea and for the printable. Saves me a LOT of time this week :) Happy Valentine's Day!

Found this when googling for a creative valentine project. Thanks so much for sharing the idea and the template! I used it with my 4-year-old with much success, blogged about it here: http://pocketalchemy.ca/2013/02/12/love-bugs-abound/Cheers!

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It for some reason is not allowing me to download the file. We have the most recent Adobe software, but it is saying that the file has been removed and cannot be restored. It is saying that it needs to be reloaded by the creator of the file. :/ Please help!!! I am in love with these printables and would love to make them for my little boy's preschool buddies! Thank you! :) And thank you for sharing your great ideas!

Hi! This is such a great idea. We're going to do this for my daughter's Kindergarten class this year... We found insect tattoos and we're going to attach them to the card with double sided tape. Thanks again for the pdf. :-) Sonya

Love these! Facebook is notorious for not notifying page owners when I tag them, so I thought I would stop by and let you know myself that I featured this on my page :) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153787112215217&set=a.353593675216.349539.323548680216&type=1&stream_ref=10

Thanks a million for this delightful printable! This is about the cutest boy Valentine!! I love that you thought of your sweet son, to make sure he could give something he would be proud of. My two-year-old son will be giving these to his daycare class next week.

thank you SO much for sharing this-i'm a total type A and unfortunately, creative-less. and now that my son is in school, anything "art" oriented tends to stress me out. so i'm truly grateful God created such a talented person who helped me out just in the nick of time!!

I've attempted to download the file several times and I get an error message that the link is not available. Is there anyway you can send me the .pdf file?? I have my heart set on these and we already picked out our bugs! :) kz2769@yahoo.com